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  • Question
  • When a cylindrical vessel containing liquid is revolved, the surface of the liquid takes the shape of


  • Options
  • A. a triangle
  • B. a paraboloid
  • C. an ellipse
  • D. none of these

  • Correct Answer
  • a paraboloid 


  • Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics problems


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    • 1. The most economical section of a trapezoidal channel is one which has hydraulic mean depth equal to

    • Options
    • A. 1/2 depth
    • B. 1/2 breadth
    • C. 1/2 sloping side
    • D. 1/4 (depth + breadth)
    • Discuss
    • 2. The flow in a pipe is laminar, when Reynold number is less than 2000.

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    • A. True
    • B. False
    • Discuss
    • 3. The total pressure on a horizontally immersed surface is (where w = Specific weight of the liquid, A = Area of the immersed surface, and x = Depth of the centre of gravity of the immersed surface from the liquid surface)

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    • A. w.A
    • B. wx
    • C. wAx
    • D. wA/x
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    • 4. The total energy line lies over the centre line of the pipe by an amount equal to

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    • A. pressure head
    • B. velocity head
    • C. pressure head + velocity head
    • D. pressure head - velocity head
    • Discuss
    • 5. With an increase in size of tube, the rise or depression of liquid in the tube due to surface tension will

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    • A. decrease
    • B. increase
    • C. remain unchanged
    • D. depend upon the characteristics of liquid
    • Discuss
    • 6. One stoke is equal to

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    • A. 10-2 m2/s
    • B. 10-3 m2/s
    • C. 10-4 m2/s
    • D. 10-6 m2/s
    • Discuss
    • 7. Viscous force is the __________ of shear stress due to viscosity and cross-sectionar area of flow.

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    • A. sum
    • B. different
    • C. product
    • D. ratio
    • Discuss
    • 8. The power transmitted through the pipe is maximum when the head lost due to friction is equal to

    • Options
    • A. one-fourth of the total supply head
    • B. one-third of the total supply head
    • C. one-half of the total supply head
    • D. two-third of the total supply head
    • Discuss
    • 9. Water is __________ liquid.

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    • A. a compressible
    • B. an incompressible
    • Discuss
    • 10. The water hammer in pipes occurs due to sudden change in the velocity of flowing liquid

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    • A. Agree
    • B. Disagree
    • Discuss


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